The Deal: Kingfisher Mating Ritual.
Past spring I was lucky enough to witness and capture a kingfisher mating.
No complains at all about that..
But from hearsay I understood that this mating thing is supposed to be preceded by a lovely ritual where the male offers a tasty fish to his wife-to-be...
And when she accepts.....the deal is done.
But 'my mating' just happened out of the blue. No kind gestures, no sweet seduction, just a few seconds of fun and it was over before I knew...
This time the opposite happened.....
The male offered a fish.
The female accepted and that was it...
Animal behaviour comes in mysterious ways....;)
The Common Kingfisher is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
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It's an interesting thing indeed to see that most animals have beautiful males to impress the ladies, only with humans it's the other way around (no offense :D)...
Oh well, like I said : nature comes in mysterious ways...;) Posted 14 years ago